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Get an extra four months of ExpressVPN for free: go to https://www.expressvpn.com/official Get additional episodes and bonus content with early access (try now with 7 DAYS FREE): go to https://www.OFFICIAL.men Three close man-friends gather around to talk about exploring the great country that is the United States of America. This is the Official Podcast. Every Tuesday. Links Below. THE OFFICIAL NETWORK CHANNEL (SUBSCRIBE NOW): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcHYe-Qw7qUN5gFWMdj9nNw Episode 499: Recorded 30/08/26 --- Get additional episodes and bonus content with early access: Go to https://www.OFFICIAL.men or https://www.PATREON.com/THEOFFICIALPODCAST --- Timestamps: [00:00:00] Intro [00:05:47] AI companions after ChatGPT -40 [00:08:58] Grok's Annie, Valentine, and Rudy [00:13:40] Grok shuts down its companions [00:15:48] AI companion roleplay [00:20:09] Users avoiding the AI conversation [00:26:12] Jackson's AI girlfriend [00:31:47] Why users miss overly affirming AI [00:43:59] Printer tracking dots and digital surveillance [00:55:40] People grieving lost AI partners [00:59:44] Running AI companions locally [01:04:02] Orkid AI relationship ad [01:07:03] Booking an anniversary dinner [01:11:23] Privacy risks of AI assistants [01:15:38] Outro --- Audio Platforms (Spotify, Apple, Amazon, & Castbox): https://linktr.ee/theofficialpodcast Other Shows: https://linktr.ee/theofficialnetwork --- Hosts: Jackson: https://twitter.com/zealotonpc Andrew: https://twitter.com/huggbeestv Kaya: https://twitter.com/kayaorsan --- Additional Links: Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcHYe-Qw7qUN5gFWMdj9nNw Subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/theofficialpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theofficialpodcast Intro by: https://www.youtube.com/c/Derpmii Music by: https://soundcloud.com/inst1nctive & https://www.instagram.com/00zaya Art by: https://www.instagram.com/nook_eilyk/ & https://www.instagram.com/vaux.z Edited by: https://www.instagram.com/00zaya Designer: http://www.jr-design-co.com/ Produced by Jackson Clarke for The Official Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 4194 │ August 2, 2026 God takes no pleasure in anyone's death. He said it in Ezekiel — the harshest book in the Old Testament. That is not the God most people were taught. WHAT THIS EPISODE COVERS  Scott Kesterson and Brad Cummings continue the heart of God series with a deep read of Ezekiel 18 and 33 — the most scathing indictment in the Old Testament, written to a people practicing human sacrifice in the temple, where God nonetheless declares He takes no pleasure in anyone's death and pleads with them to repent and live — using it to dismantle the wrathful-God framing most American Christianity has inherited and replace it with the New Covenant reality that God is not disappointed in you because He has no illusion about you, and that His vow to write His law on your heart places the entire weight of the obligation on Him, not on your willpower or your performance. The episode moves through the distinction between transgression and iniquity, the definition of the kingdom as wherever the King is and the extension of His rule, the ecclesia as the Roman governance model Jesus deliberately inverted, the difference between mercy and grace to help, and Brad's practical framework for prayer — subordinating your list to His list, confessing the things that are actually bothering you, then going quiet so He can work. The episode closes with Brad's observation that God declares a thing in heaven and waits for someone on earth to receive and agree with it, because dominion on earth requires two witnesses — and every listener who comes into agreement with what God says about them becomes the amen that allows it to be established. KEY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED  What is the difference between transgression and iniquity — and why does Brad argue that understanding the distinction between crossing a known boundary and carrying an internal twist toward sin changes how you approach confession, repentance, and the mercy that God freely promises in the same breath as His harshest judgment? What is the unshakable kingdom — and why does God shaking both heaven and earth in Hebrews 12 represent not punishment but the removal of everything temporal so that what He created, which is eternal, can remain and be fully revealed? What is the difference between mercy and grace to help — and why does Brad argue that most people stop at mercy, the forgiveness for when you have screwed up, without ever receiving the grace to help, which is the supernatural enablement of the Holy Spirit that means you do not have to keep needing mercy for the same thing again? ABOUT BARDSFM BardsFM is a daily independent podcast covering faith, liberty, history, and information warfare. Hosted by Scott Kesterson — combat veteran, documentary filmmaker, and rancher. Over 4,100 episodes and 50 million lifetime downloads. New episodes every weekday. bards.fm This episode was researched and produced under the Spatial Terra Intelligence Methodology (STIM v5) — the analytical framework built by Scott Kesterson — with AI-assisted research synthesis at a 70/30 human/AI authorship ratio, fully disclosed. All analysis, conclusions, and editorial judgments are those of Scott Kesterson. BardsFM's archive includes hundreds of episodes on prayer, scripture, and walking the Way of Christ — available free in the full episode catalog. DOWNLOADS Community Sovereignty Framework: click here AFFILIATE LINKS Bards Nation Health Store: www.bardsnationhealth.com MYPillow promo code: BARDS >> Go to https://www.mypillow.com/bards and use the promo code BARDS or... Call 1-800-975-2939.  EMPShield protect your vehicles and home. Promo code BARDS: Click here Treadlite Broadforks...best garden tool EVER. Promo code BARDS26: TreadliteBroadforks.com EnviroKlenz Air Purification, promo code BARDS to save 10%: www.enviroklenz.com Morning Intro Music Provided by Brian Kahanek: www.briankahanek.com Founders Bible 20% discount code: BARDS >>> TheFoundersBible.com Windblown Media 20% Discount with promo code BARDS: windblownmedia.com White Oak Pastures Grassfed Meats, Get $20 off any order $150 or more. Promo Code BARDS: www.whiteoakpastures.com/BARDS Mission Darkness Faraday Bags and RF Shielding. Promo code BARDS: Click here DONATIONS: If you wish to support this podcast directly you can donate here... DONATE: Click here MAILING ADDRESS: Xpedition Cafe, LLC Attn. Scott Kesterson 591 E Central Ave, #740 Sutherlin, OR  97479  

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Host Michael Taft talks with neuroscientist Ruben Laukkonen about what extreme physical suffering can reveal about meditation, and why awakening may be less a grand attainment than “the grand disappointment.” They explore disenchantment, grace, synchronicity, and the possibility that faith arises naturally from our embeddedness in realities too large for us to comprehend. Ruben describes the strange authority of insight—how ideas can seem to arrive from elsewhere, why their felt intensity sometimes tracks their accuracy, and how the same process can produce compelling false revelations. They also discuss psychedelics, embodied creativity, the “mastery of mania,” and Ruben's research suggesting that meditation increases the brain's signal-to-noise ratio, with posture functioning as a kind of built-in neurofeedback system. The conversation concludes by asking whether AI has Buddha nature, whether a machine must be conscious to express wisdom and compassion, and whether artificial intelligence might become a means of scaling wisdom—or its opposite—throughout human culture.Ruben Laukkonen is a neuroscientist at the University of Oxford, where he is a senior researcher in the Department of Psychiatry, a fellow at Linacre College, director of the Flourishing Intelligence Program, and co-director of the Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing. His research seeks an empirically grounded and experientially authentic understanding of meditation, insight, consciousness, and nonduality. His current work also explores how brain dynamics and contemplative wisdom might contribute to safer and more efficient artificial intelligence. Ruben has an eclectic contemplative background, including Zen, Advaita, and Theravāda, and was authorized to teach Vipassanā in 2024.Find out more at https://rubenlaukkonen.com/You can support the creation of future episodes of this podcast by contributing through Patreon.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

◇ We talk to our indie designer of the Month for July, Matthey Nevers of Coffee All Night Games, Gurg Murg asks for prep resources that don't use AI, From the archive 2023: Shawn near DC wants to talk about gear in games | Hosts: Kimi, Vixie, Jason A, & Matthew Nevers ◇ 00:33◇ Welcome & Episode Summary 01:42◇ Announcements – Game Daze will be happening August 08! Sign up to run or play games for this free, fun, safe online game event at happyjacks.org/discord ◇ We will be at LFG Con! August 13–16, 2026 in Burbank California! lfg-con.com ◇ 03:42◇ Indie Designer of the Month: Matthew Nevers (he/him) of Coffee All Night Games at https://coffeeallnight.itch.io/ or https://coffeeallnight.com 06:13◇ Mailbag 1 – We talk to our indie designer of the Month for July, Matthey Nevers of Coffee All Night Games 32:07◇ Mailbag 2 – Gurg Murg asks for prep resources that don't use AI 58:02◇ Mailbag 3 – From the archive 2023: Shawn near DC wants to talk about gear in games 87:45◇ Episode Closing 93:24◇ Music ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com or post in our Discord server to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇Twitch ◇Bluesky ◇Instagram ◇Facebook ◇Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2026 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

Before you paste that customer list, that blood test result or that contract into your favourite AI tool, it's worth pausing for a second. Whatever you hand over doesn't just disappear after you get your answer. It sits somewhere, and depending on the tool and the settings, it might be doing more than just answering your question. Most people have never actually checked what happens to their data once it goes in or thought about the difference between what's fine to share and what's better redacted first. In this How I AI episode, Neo and I work through what's actually safe to give AI and what's better left out. We cover how to check your settings so free tools aren't training on your data, how to de-identify sensitive things like health results and contracts, the rules that change once you're at work, and the one question to ask yourself before you upload anything. What you'll learn: How to know if AI is quietly training on the data you give it, and how to switch that off The one question to ask before you upload anything to AI Why work and home should be treated completely differently when it comes to AI What to redact from contracts, spreadsheets and client files before sharing them Where the line sits between using AI as a sounding board and relying on it too much Practical AI tools for productivity and focus Real-world AI workflows used by high performers How to use AI at work without burning out Smart shortcuts for managing time and mental load Connect with Neo Aplin on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/neoaplin/) and via inventium.ai (https://inventium.ai), where he leads Inventium's AI training and upskilling work with organisations and teams. How I AI is a special series within How I Work where Neo and I explore how high performers are using AI at work to boost productivity, make better decisions and reduce overwhelm. My latest book The Energy Game is out now. You can order a copy here: https://amzn.to/48ID29M Connect with me on the socials: Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/amanthai) If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work and live, I write a weekly newsletter where I share practical and simple to apply tips to improve your life. You can sign up for that at https://amantha.substack.com/ Visit https://www.amantha.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au Credits: Host: Amantha Imber Sound Engineer: Martin Imber See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joel and Damon are back to review night eight of G1 Climax 36 from Osaka including Boltin v Jake, SANADA v Oiwa's headlockfest, Takeshita v Crap O-Khan, Goto v Shingo's AI-special, and a delicious serving of moules from Yuto-Ice and Yota Tsuji.For more New Japan talk, subscribe to the Super J-Cast Patreon. Jump here  www.patreon.com/superjcast and consider becoming a member!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/super-j-cast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A 20-year mortgage lender explains how investors can qualify for loans using rental income alone, no tax returns required.Dante Royster has spent over two decades in mortgage lending, the last several years focused specifically on real estate investors. In this episode, he breaks down what changed in lending after interest rates doubled in late 2022, why roughly one in four transactions today are investor deals, and how DSCR loans let investors qualify off rental income alone. He also shares the honest answer to what lie most investors tell themselves about having a real strategy.Key topics:How DSCR loans qualify investors off rental income, no tax returns or pay stubsWhy the Q4 2022 rate doubling permanently reshaped investor financingWhy one in four real estate transactions are now investorsHow Dante uses AI tools like Claude to move faster in his own businessThe lie most investors tell themselves about having a strategyGuest bio:Dante Royster is a mortgage lending veteran of over 20 years, now focused on real estate investor financing. He is the author of Ultimate Mortgage Guide and runs the YouTube channel Epic Spotlight.Links:

In this episode, Leanne Yanni, MD, MHCM, President and Chief Executive Officer, Illinois Physician Enterprise, Hospital Sisters Health System, discusses building a long-term strategy for physician growth, expanding access in rural communities and strengthening leadership across the organization. She also shares how ambient AI, team-based care and population health are helping improve clinician experience and patient outcomes.

In this clip, Alex Bilmes, CEO of Endgame, joins Revenue Builders to share what his team learned from analyzing more than 30,000 real AI workflows across go-to-market teams. The data shows AI gaining traction in account intelligence, conversation readiness, deal acceleration, pipeline inspection, and team enablement. But the larger lesson is that the strongest teams are not just using AI to generate decks, briefs, or follow-ups faster. They are using it to create shared understanding across reps, managers, executives, RevOps, and cross-functional teams. For revenue leaders, the opportunity is not simply more automation. It is connecting the organization around the same account context, methodology, and customer truth. Alex Bilmes is the CEO and founder of Endgame, a revenue intelligence platform built for go-to-market teams. His work focuses on helping revenue organizations centralize customer, methodology, and account knowledge so both humans and AI agents can operate from a consistent foundation. Connect with Alex: LinkedIn Listen to the full episode: Revenue per Employee Is the New Endgame with Alex Bilmes Hosted by five-time CRO John McMahon and Force Management Co-Founder John Kaplan, the Revenue Builders podcast goes behind the scenes with the sales leaders who have been there, done that, and seen the results. This show is brought to you by Force Management. We help companies improve sales performance, executing their growth strategy at the point of sale. Connect with Us: LinkedInYouTubeForce Management

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In this episode of Talking Innovation, I sit down with cybersecurity veteran Jon Oltsik for a wide-ranging conversation about the rapid rise of AI in security operations, the future of automation, and how work itself is being reshaped. Jon shares his perspective on the AI SOC, exposure management, agentic AI, and why human judgment will remain critical even as more tasks become automated. The discussion goes beyond cybersecurity into the broader impact of AI on business, healthcare, education, research, and everyday life. From smarter diagnostics and personalized learning to new career paths and simulation-based training, Jon and I explore how AI is already changing the way we work and learn... and what that means for the next generation of professionals. They also dig into the risks: data centralization, surveillance, cyber warfare, and the widening gap between organizations that are ready for this shift and those that are not. It's a thoughtful, grounded, and future-facing conversation about opportunity, disruption, and the importance of staying adaptable in a fast-moving world. I hope you enjoy it!

AI can scrape the internet, but it can't customize your retirement or take responsibility for your annuity decisions. In this episode, Stan breaks down why you should never outsource your annuity strategy to ChatGPT—and what to do instead.   In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed:  AI vs. human advice in the annuity world Risks of relying on ChatGPT for annuity research Customizing annuity contractual guarantees How AI supports back-end operations in his business Vision for a tech-forward, pro-consumer annuity platform   Key Takeaways:  AI tools like ChatGPT can be helpful for general education, but they are inherently unreliable for annuity advice because they scrape both accurate and inaccurate information. Annuities are contractual guarantees that must be customized to each person's age, goals, and situation—something a generalized AI output cannot safely do. Technology and AI can massively improve operations like accounting, tracking, and database management, but they should complement, not replace, experienced human advisors. The annuity industry is often slow and resistant to change, yet a tech-embracing, pro-consumer approach can flip that model and better protect buyers from bad sales pitches. Access to an experienced, licensed professional who has worked thousands of cases is invaluable, especially in retirement planning where you "can't make a mistake."   "When AI scrapes information to create the information flow that they're giving back to you, they're scraping both good and bad, both truthful and non-truthful information." —  Stan The Annuity Man   Connect with The Annuity Man:  Website: http://theannuityman.com/  Email: Stan@TheAnnuityMan.com  Book: Owner's Manuals: https://www.stantheannuityman.com/how-do-annuities-work YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCXKKxvVslbeGAlEc5sra2g  Get a Quote Today: https://www.stantheannuityman.com/annuity-calculator!

Beck Williams took the CEO chair at Seed & Sprout in 2022. A business in decline. A warehouse full of bread boxes nobody wanted. And a plan to fix it that started with people, not spreadsheets.If you've followed Australian sustainable retail over the past few years, you've watched Seed & Sprout climb. Beck came up through corporate, with an apprenticeship at GM Holden, a transformation role at Mercedes-Benz and a stint at Thermomix, before joining founder Sophie Kovic in 2022 to lead the turnaround of the Byron Bay brand behind plastic-free lunchware, kitchen and homewares. She rebuilt it around product, supplier relationships and a fiercely flexible team, and it now turns over $30 million and ships to more than 50 markets. As CEO working alongside a founder, she's also one of the clearer voices going on how that partnership actually survives.Nathan sat down with Beck to dig into how the turnaround really happened: why she ran a one on one with every single person in her first 48 hours, how the team clears dead stock without slashing prices, and why radical transparency, from a $2 fuel surcharge to exactly where they use AI, keeps customers on side.Today, we're discussing:Why Beck started the turnaround with a one on one conversation with every single person in the business, and why she refuses to do them in a group [06:02]The bread box gate cleanup, and how 18 months of dead stock cleared in six weeks as a gift with purchase [13:44]Testing new products in pilot runs of just 500 units using pre-orders and long supplier relationships [15:19]How Seed & Sprout separates a quality customer from a cheap one using AOV, second purchase timing and cross-category buying [27:02]The science behind the deliberately odd 8, 9 and 11 percent discounts [29:13]Why owning the $2 fuel surcharge out loud built more trust than hiding it [42:51]Connect with Beck Williams | Explore Seed & SproutSubscribe to the Add To Cart newsletter  SMS us to Suggest a Guest Connect with Nathan Bush Join the Add To Cart Community 

Send us Fan MailBreakdown culture is expensive, exhausting, and strangely normal in a lot of factories. We wanted a straight-talking conversation about what actually shifts the dial, so we sat down with Dan Bridges to trace his reliability journey through soft drinks manufacturing and the hard lessons that come with it. If you've ever watched a team do “regimented” maintenance only to see the same faults return, you'll recognise the trap: activity without value, OEM checklists without context, and a blanket approach that never goes deep enough. We dig into how reliability leaders win senior leadership support by changing the language from engineering detail to outcomes like uptime, trend improvement, reduced overtime, and the true cost of firefighting. We also talk about culture on the shop floor: why being visible matters, why authenticity builds trust faster than a polished persona, and how choosing your battles keeps progress moving when resources are tight. Along the way, we tackle the reality of headcount reductions, contractor dependency, and what it takes to retain site knowledge and engineer motivation. Training and development get a proper rethink too. We explore why rigid qualifications and exam pressure can miss the point, and why targeted courses, mentoring, and understanding learning styles can build stronger engineers sooner. Tools like DISC profiling come up as a practical way to communicate better across different personality types, especially when a team's energy levels and decision styles vary. We finish by challenging the predictive maintenance hype: wireless sensors, Industry 4.0 marketing, and AI promises do not create reliability on their own. Without criticality, CMMS discipline, and defect elimination, you just collect data nobody has time to use. If you found this useful, subscribe, share it with a reliability mate, and leave us a review. What part of your maintenance strategy needs the biggest reset?Support the show

Tiki Barber is already putting Geno Smith on notice, declaring that Cade Klubnik should get the QB1 if he outplays the veteran in training camp and the preseason. Plus, Evan and Tiki can already see the Jets' use of AI going hilariously wrong. Boomer and Gio wonder if Aaron Glenn's job is tied to how Geno performs this season, and The Carton Show reacts to Plaxico Burress comparing playing for the Jets to being in prison.

Joon Sung Park is the Founder and CEO of Simile, the AI simulation company building foundation models of human behaviour; allowing companies to test how real people may think, decide and act before making a decision in the real world. Simile has now raised $300 million in total, including a $200 million Series B announced last week at a $2 billion valuation, led by Greenoaks and Index Ventures. AGENDA: 00:00 We Will Pay $100M for a Single Query on Some Models 10:00 Why Stock Markets May Not Exist in 5 Years Time 15:00 The Best Companies All Have Unique Data Acquisition Strategies 19:00 The Best AI Companies Have Clear and Fast Reward Functions 24:00 How We Sign Fortune 500 Companies for $10M Contracts in Weeks 32:00 Does Similie Kill Kalshi and Polymarket? Prediction vs Changing the Future 42:00 Inside Similie's $300M Raise; What Every Founder Needs to Know    

Dehydration changes more than how thirsty you feel. New research in trained cyclists found that mild dehydration reduced how much ingested glucose riders actually oxidised during a long ride. In this episode, Damian explains what the study tested, where its limits are, and how to plan fluid and carbohydrate as one strategy.Winter Block: https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/zem2frDaily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

Everyone keeps asking what the "big catalyst" for Bitcoin will be, but Coinbase's Head of Institutional Strategy John D'Agostino says that's the wrong question entirely. In this episode, host Spencer Nichols digs into why proven technology runs on micro catalysts, how regulatory clarity and the market structure bill could accelerate institutional adoption, and what the GENIUS Act already changed. D'Agostino also breaks down why roughly 40 countries are exploring Bitcoin on their balance sheets.

We asked for your questions, and you sent so many that one episode couldn't hold them. This is part one of two — and part one is brought to you by two letters: A and I. That wasn't the plan; it's just where the mailbag pointed. Philip Rothman and David MacDonald take on the growing expectation that artificial intelligence should be able to turn a scan, recording, or generated track into finished, usable sheet music. Why is that still so difficult? And where can AI genuinely help musicians and music preparation professionals today? The discussion ranges from optical music recognition and audio transcription to proofreading, house styles, sample libraries, score following, and the potential for language models to communicate directly with notation software. Along the way, Philip proposes the “Gould test” as the music preparation equivalent of the Turing test. Underneath it all are larger questions about the value of expertise, the role of human judgment, and where responsibility lies when the technology gets it wrong. The rest of the mailbag — the questions that have nothing to do with AI — is coming next month. Products mentioned Notation software Dorico (Steinberg) Sibelius (Avid) MuseScore Studio (Muse Group) Flat (Tutteo) StaffPad Scanning and optical music recognition NoteVision (Muse Group) Soundslice sheet music scanner Newzik PlayScore 2 SmartScore 64 Pro (Musitek) Opuscan (Tutteo) Audiveris (open source) Audio transcription Klang.io and Transcription Studio Songscription Basic Pitch (Spotify) (open source) Magenta MT3 (Google) (research) Playback and vocal synthesis NotePerformer (Wallander Instruments) Cantai (Turing Opera Workshop) AI arranging and orchestration ArrangementLabs NotationAI ScoreSynth Orchidea (IRCAM / HEM / UC Berkeley) Score following and page turning Tomplay Smart Page Turn Smartleggio Piascore SampleSumo Music Following Antescofo (IRCAM) MCP bridges (community projects) mcp-musescore dorico-mcp-server (also on PyPI) Music generation Suno NYC Music Services / Notation Central PDF Batch Utilities Other tools mentioned Name Mangler / Renamer Claude (Anthropic) Previous Scoring Notes posts and podcast episodes Directly mentioned or closely related: Half-time report: what’s new, and a call for your questions (previous episode — the call for these questions) You have questions, we have answers (2025 listener questions episode) Asked and answered, part 1 (2023, the first listener-questions episode) Scanning the current OMR landscape (Steve Morell’s six-product comparison, December 2024) A snapshot of music scanning apps — and picturing the future (companion podcast) Dorico and The Rite of Spring (Stephen Taylor, January 2021) The “rite” way to copy old scores into new software (podcast with Stephen Taylor, February 2021) NAMM 2026: Sounding out the inputs with Klang.io’s Sebastian Murgul and the companion podcast NAMM 2026: An Avid Sibelius discussion with Sam Butler and Joe Plazak and the companion podcast NAMM 2026: Piascore’s bet on interactivity Marie Chupeau and the human side of Newzik’s artificial intelligence (podcast, November 2021) From zero to slice: Soundslice takes on optical music recognition with AI (podcast with Adrian Holovaty, December 2022) Dorico 6: Proof positive (review — the Proofreading panel) Dorico 6.0.22 extends proofreading capabilities (the “ignore issue type” feature) Behind “Behind Bars” with Elaine Gould (podcast, July 2023) Cantai now sings straight from Dorico (review) Richard deCosta gives your score a voice (podcast, May 2026) NotePerformer reverses course (the removal of third-party Playback Engines) NotePerformer updated to 5.1.0 Comma sense: Command Search in Sibelius NAMM 2025: Imbibing and transcribing with Oriol López Calle and the companion podcast (AI-assisted transcription inside a professional service) PDF Batch Utilities get a major rebuild — and a brand new app The rights stuff (podcast — rights and permissions) Other references Carlos Peñarrubia et al., “MuSViT: A Foundation Vision Model for Sheet Music Representation” — Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence Group, University of Alicante; posted June 30, 2026, accepted at ECCV 2026. Project page Christopher W. White, The AI Music Problem: Why Machine Learning Conflicts With Musical Creativity (Routledge, 2025) Elaine Gould, Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music Notation (Faber Music) NotePerformer: Playback Engines discontinued — Arne Wallander’s own explanation “Detecting Notational Errors in Digital Music Scores” — research on automated score checking Musicians’ Union arranging, music preparation and orchestration rates (UK) Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability — U.S. Copyright Office report

God has a purpose for each one of us before the foundation of the world! There's a unique calling on each of our lives. His plans are good, but that doesn't mean our lives will be without struggles. Jenny's guest is best-selling author, faith leader, and technology executive Misty Phillip. She is equipping people to navigate life, faith, leadership, and technology with wisdom and discernment. From boardrooms to podcasts and the pages of her award-winning books, Misty encourages believers to lead boldly in a digital age without losing their souls to the screen. While many know Misty for her work helping Christians think biblically about artificial intelligence, this conversation also reveals the heart behind her ministry. She shares the painful losses and difficult seasons that have shaped her life, how God's faithfulness carried her through them, and the unexpected way He called her to leave a successful business to follow His leading into a completely different season of ministry. Her story is a powerful reminder that even when obedience is costly, God is always at work, bringing hope, purpose, and more than we could imagine. This is Part 2 of the conversation about AI, faith, discernment, and the hope we have in Christ. You can find Misty's books, including "The Trojan Horse of the Digital Age: Why Christians Must Discern AI" online at Amazon and at Mistyphillip.com

Artificial intelligence is changing our world faster than most of us ever imagined. After years of studying how technology is shaping our lives, Jenny's guest, Misty Phillip became convinced Christians needed to think differently about AI.         Whether you've embraced it, avoided it, or simply wondered what all the excitement is about, today's conversation will help you think about AI through the lens of faith and biblical discernment.  Misty is the author of "The Trojan Horse of the Digital Age: Why Christians Must Discern AI" and helps us explore how we can navigate this new world with wisdom, discernment, and faith. And there's another story you'll hear today that I think will encourage your heart. God asked Misty to walk away from the successful venture she had built to follow an entirely different calling. That step of obedience wasn't easy—but it opened doors only God could open. Misty is the visionary COO of Trilogyworks, an advisory services firm that specializes in cybersecurity and AI. You can hear this story on Part 2 of this episode.   Obedience isn't always easy, but as Ephesians 3:20 reminds us, God "is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us." When we trust Him, He is always faithful. You can find Misty's books, including "The Trojan Horse of the Digital Age: Why Christians Must Discern AI" online at Amazon and at Mistyphillip.com

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The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, just told The Economist that money won't matter a decade from now. Not that it'll look different, but that it won't matter. And he laid out the mechanism: AI and robots producing more goods and services than humans can possibly consume, governments simply issuing money to people, and deflation instead of inflation because output grows faster than the money supply. In this episode, Karl Eggerss takes the argument seriously rather than dismissing it. Also, he finds that part of it is textbook-correct and part of it falls apart the moment you push on it. What we get into: Why technology really is deflationary, and the history that proves it The one thing robots can't manufacture — and why it breaks the whole prediction Baumol's cost disease, explained with a string quartet Why abundance is a production question and universal income is a distribution question What Keynes got right in 1930, and what he got completely wrong Five practical adjustments for planning in a split-price economy The most likely version of the next decade isn't "money stops mattering." It's that ordinary goods keep getting cheaper while the scarce things like land, care, healthcare, time keep getting more expensive. That distinction changes how you plan.

Every major technological revolution seems to come with the same question: is this a bubble? AI is no exception. In this edition of the Web News, Matt and Mike explore why so many people are comparing today's AI boom to the dot-com bubble, and what history can teach us by looking back at events like Railway Mania, the dot-com crash, and the 2008 housing crisis. Along the way, they discuss the difference between revolutionary technology and speculative investment, and whether those two things can exist at the same time. Show Notes: https://www.htmlallthethings.com/podcast/is-ai-in-a-bubble-history-says-its-complicated

＃職涯關鍵字：文組轉職 AI 讓產出作品的門檻變低，許多人說講求「名校學歷」的求職時代已經過去了——真是如此嗎？ 台灣大眾對半導體、科技股等的關注，也讓「進入科技業」屢占話題版面。不過，沒有理工背景，要如何打入這個圈子？ 以上常見問題，我們邀請全台最大網路科技人才社群 XChange 夥伴傾囊相授，給新鮮人、文組轉職者與主管們，最實用的職涯攻略。 【聽完這集你會知道】 04:15｜名校光環還有用嗎？履歷篩選時仍有學歷優勢，但企業真正重視的是成果。 08:00｜行銷科技人才最重要的三項能力：保持好奇心拆解問題、用數據驗證假設，以及把分析結果翻譯成決策建議。 12:15｜沒有工作經驗，如何累積企業認可的實戰履歷？重點不是「有正職經歷」，而是呈現你熱情與能力的「證據」。 21:20｜如何展現「AI 無法取代」的個人價值？讓面試官知道你能定義問題、有人脈存摺、原創創造力和行動力。 26:45｜免費資源推薦：善用 PrepLounge 練習商業案例拆解與情境面試。 28:40｜現在就能開始的求職計畫！規劃七天內可完成的最小行動、透過數位平台打造 3D 履歷。 【本集金句】 「AI 時代最缺的就是真實的信任感與人脈。本週就開始有意識地幫自己累積標籤，把你的 LinkedIn 變成 3D 立體履歷，然後勇敢去約一場 Coffee Chat，這會是打破『沒經驗魔咒』最快的第一步！」 #XChange #LinkedIn #科技業 #文組 #轉職 #求職

What happens to security investing when vulnerability discovery becomes continuous and exploitation windows shrink from weeks to hours? I sit down with Chenxi Wang of Rain Capital to dig into it.Chenxi is the Founder and Managing General Partner at Rain Capital, a venture fund focused on early-stage cybersecurity companies. She's been a Carnegie Mellon professor, a Forrester VP, and a strategy leader at Intel Security and Twistlock, and her portfolio includes companies like Claroty, ProjectDiscovery, Ox Security, runZero, and Straiker. She closes out my July run of conversations with security investors.In this episode:The AI Exploit Age and why vulnerability discovery is becoming continuousGuardian Agents and the case that it takes an AI to govern an AISeparating AI agent identity from traditional machine identityThe signals that predict enterprise adoption for early-stage security startupsThe barbell funding market and the squeeze on Series B and CWhat security leaders should do differently over the next twelve monthsConnect with Chenxi: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chenxiwang88/ Rain Capital: https://raincap.vc/ Rain Capital Insights: https://raincapital.substack.comSubscribe to Resilient Cyber for more conversations with security practitioners and leaders: https://www.resilientcyber.io

LinkedIn is rolling out a "Seems Like AI Slop" button. It's a way to flag the low-quality, computer-written posts filling your feed. I recap what AI slop actually is, why LinkedIn is killing its own "Enhance with AI" button in the same breath, and why the toothpaste is already out of the tube. The real point: slop isn't a style problem, it's a trust problem. It dilutes your brand. You can build a business in a few clicks now, but you can't build a brand that way. The greatest leverage in business is media and attention, and slop is the fastest way to squander it. Use AI as a tool, not a crutch. Write it yourself first, let AI tighten it, and always vibe check before you publish.Timestamps(0:06) — LinkedIn's new "Seems Like AI Slop" button, and what AI slop does to your brand(0:51) — The post that started this, and zero-click content → LinkedIn post(1:51) — LinkedIn kills its own "Enhance with AI" button(3:51) — Zombie metaphor: "Your AI-written posts are already dead. Nobody wants to bite into it, because it's not alive."(4:21) — The toothpaste is out of the tube: YouTube, AI labels, and trust(5:36) — Remember the good internet?(6:51) — Enshittification and the ad-driven web(7:51) — Build a business in a few clicks. You can't build a brand that way.(8:21) — Apple's most valuable asset is its brand — AI can't build that(9:06) — Too late? The sun setting on LinkedIn (the TechCrunch quote)(10:06) — One LinkedIn post away from a million-dollar deal(12:06) — Collisions are opportunities. Third spaces, and following smart people.(13:06) — Use the button responsibly (don't dock your frenemies)(15:06) — Every network is fighting slop now — why LinkedIn's decline cuts deepest(16:06) — The greatest leverage in business: media AKA attention(16:51) — Use AI as a tool, not a crutch (grab the .md file from the last episode)Links mentionedMy LinkedIn post about the "seems like AI" buttonTechCrunch: LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated slopCory Doctorow book: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About ItTom Goodwin on LinkedIn (worth a follow for marketing, branding, advertising)Related episode and post: Naval Ravikant's Four Levers in Business (labor, capital, code, media)My gear & software:Record guests and create clips on Riverside: emilybinder.com/riversideRecord solo and edit like a Word Doc with AI on Descript: emilybinder.com/descriptMy mic gear - Amazon ListVideo podcast gear - Amazon ListMy Amazon StorefrontHire me:Book a call - Marketing Surgery: emilybinder.com/callSpeaking: emilybinder.com/speakingConnect:This podcast | My website | Beetle Moment Marketing | LinkedIn | X | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Email updates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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If AI does not understand what you do, who you do it for, and the value you bring, it cannot recommend you. And if it cannot recommend you, you are invisible. Loralyn Mears, PhD, is the founder of STEERus and the author of Misinterpreted, a book about the hidden risk making brands and leaders invisible in the age of AI. Her career spans genetically engineering mosquitoes to fight malaria, the dot-com era in Silicon Valley, leadership roles at Fortune 100 companies, and more startups than she can count. The through line: taking complex concepts and making them simple enough to act on. In this episode, Loralyn breaks down why the game has changed from Google search to AI search, and what brands need to do right now to be understood, recommended, and chosen. What We Cover: Why the average American communicates at a fourth-grade reading level and what that means for your messaging The Microsoft study showing we get distracted 187 times per day The UDA framework: Understand, Decide, Act, and why buyers get trapped in the zone of chaos and confusion Why "invisible brands don't make money" in the age of AI search SEO vs. AEO vs. GEO: what each one actually does Signal distortion: the next evolution beyond generative engine optimization Why AI search interprets what it thinks you want while Google search just finds words Why pivots, rebrands, and category creators confuse AI the most The role of reviews, Google Business Profile, and third party validation in AI visibility Clarity, consistency, context, evidence, trust, and restraint as the pillars of being understood How to test, optimize, and scale your brand's interpretation over time Connect with Loralyn Mears: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loralynmears/ Podcast: Small Business Stories

The word “intelligence” is a loaded word. Here's what Elon Musk said to the Economist last week: “I think AI may exceed the sum of human intelligence in around five years. There really won't be anything that AI can't do better than humans, apart from being human, perhaps.” Well “being human” is what intelligence is all about. So I read up on how Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, James, and many of the eastern philosophers define the term. And what you find is that deep thinkers define intelligence far beyond the ability to recall and use facts, but focus heavily on judgement, problem solving, and dealing with uncertainties in life. So after thinking about this for a few years, I decided to posit my ideas, and also reflect on the intelligence of trees, as described in “The Hidden Life of Trees.” What I came up with is four parts to this puzzling idea: horsepower, information, judgement, and wisdom. And as you'll hear, we all have various levels of intelligence in each area, and AI may lack quite a bit. As we all grapple with the exaggerated claims from AI engineers and the real use of these tools, I hope this discussion gives you some perspective, and also calms your fears that AI is going to steal your job. Our new book, Superpowered, is coming out in November, so sign up for early preview – it's all about how AI Superpowers us all, in our work, careers, businesses, and life. Additional Information The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World The full-length interview with Elon Musk | The Economist Are Frontier Models Becoming A Commodity? Galileo: The AI Superintelligence for HR Chapters (00:00:00) - What is Intelligence?(00:10:02) - Does an AI Have Enough Intelligence to Plan?

(00:00:00) Opening (00:01:27) A Piece of My Mind (00:06:47) Pancho Guero My Insane FL Nephew (00:31:11) Colorado Woman Buys Same Outfit As Mistress To Surprise Boyfriend (00:34:57) [SHOCKFACE] Scientists Find Cannibalism Is Bad For Your Health (00:39:56) GA Grandma Sells Recliner on Facebook Marketplace–Ends Up Livestreaming an Affair (00:43:49) Woman Wins $17M After Surgeon Removes Healthy Bladder by Mistake (00:50:12) North Dakota Men Sue Hospital After DNA Test Reveals They Were Switched At Birth—40 Years Ago (00:54:40) AZ Man Arrested After Riding Naked Atop Moving Train In Colorado (00:59:28) Dolls With Swappable Genitals Are Being Introduced to MN Kids As Young As 4 (01:15:44) Ask Pancho (01:29:14) Insane Game Show (01:47:38) Coming Next Episode (01:59:58) Closing Minnesota is offering kids as young as 4 "MyGender" dolls with swappable genitals and Gov. "Tampon" Tim Walz signed off on the measure. A couple in ME are getting millions from a lawsuit after the woman went under the knife to remove an ovarian cyst & came out missing her bladder. A man from Arizona chose to take advantace of "big sky" country in Colorado by locomotive surfing in the nude. My Insane FL Nephew, "Pancho Guero" came to the rescue of "Mrs. Pancho" when she faced a cockroach hiding in the overflow drain in her sink and found out roaches can get very "jumpy" when flushed out with hot water.In this Weekend Episode...[A Piece of My Mind…] What's It Like To Have A Good Job? Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and Boomers Have Completely Different IdeasColorado Woman Buys Same Outfit As Mistress To Surprise Boyfriend[SHOCKFACE] Scientists Find Cannibalism Is Bad For Your HealthGA Grandma Sells Recliner on Facebook Marketplace–Ends Up Livestreaming an AffairWoman Wins $17M After Surgeon Removes Healthy Bladder by MistakeNorth Dakota Men Sue Hospital After DNA Test Reveals They Were Switched At Birth—40 Years AgoAZ Man Arrested After Riding Naked Atop Moving Train In ColoradoDolls With Swappable Genitals Are Being Introduced to MN Kids As Young As 4Pancho tackles a couple of questions with his sage wisdom on topics like whether it's okay to marry someone for their looks and if a sister who's crushing on her brother's best friend should ask for permission before asking for a date. Play along with "Pancho" as he painfully navigates this week's Insane Game Show and see if your gusses are better than his.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/insane-erik-lane-s-stupid-world--6486112/support.Real-time updates and story links are found on the TELEGRAM Channel at: https://t.me/InsaneErikLane  (Theme song courtesy of Randy Stonehill, ”It's A Great Big Stupid World”. Copyright ©1992 Stonehillian Music/Word Music/Twitchin' Vibes Music/ASCAP) Order your copy on the Wonderama CD from Amazon!This episode includes AI-generated content.

Physiotherapist Sarah Elmquist and Dr India Pinker explain why incontinence is treatable and empathy can transform healthcare. We prepare women extensively for birth. We discuss scans, nutrition, pain relief, breathing techniques and the safe arrival of the baby. Then, remarkably often, the conversation stops. The woman who has carried and delivered that child is expected to return to work, family life and household responsibilities, while the physical aftermath of pregnancy and birth remains largely invisible. On The Lisa Burke Show, physiotherapist Sarah Elmquist and healthcare communication researcher Dr India Pinker joined me to discuss two areas of medicine that are easily dismissed as private, awkward or somehow secondary: pelvic floor health and empathy. Yet both affect something fundamental, our ability to feel safe and understood within our own bodies and within the healthcare system. The great silence after birth Sarah works in postpartum rehabilitation and pelvic floor physiotherapy. She describes postpartum care as far more than the weeks immediately following delivery. “Postpartum is everything that happens after giving birth. Everybody is different and every body is different.” Sarah Elmquist Pregnancy and childbirth can affect the abdominal muscles, pelvic floor, internal organs and a woman's entire perception of her body. Yet many women are quietly absorbing symptoms that should be discussed and assessed. They avoid trampolines, running, lifting shopping bags, laughing too freely or playing energetically with their children because they fear leaking urine. The most troubling part is that many do not consider this a medical problem. They assume it is simply the price of motherhood. “It's almost normalised as part of motherhood. ‘It happens to me as well. It's just how it is.' It doesn't have to be.” Sarah Elmquist Incontinence can affect women and men, and it can appear long before old age. Shame can gradually restrict exercise, intimacy, travel and social life. Because people rarely talk about it, the true scale of the problem is difficult to measure. It is never too late to seek help Luxembourg has an advantage in offering many women pelvic floor reeducation after childbirth, sometimes before any serious problem has developed. Sarah compares this to strengthening any other muscle group as protection for the future. For those who never received postpartum care, the message is equally important. “Things can be reversed. Just as you can retrain a leg muscle, the same goes for the pelvic floor. You can always train it again.” Sarah Elmquist Pelvic floor physiotherapy is not simply about preventing an embarrassing moment. It is about restoring choice. A woman who can laugh, jump, exercise or move without fear has recovered a degree of freedom. As Sarah put it, learning to sense and control this frequently ignored part of the body can itself be empowering: “If you can feel your own body and know how to engage those muscles, that's empowerment as well.” The Empathy Gap Nobody Measures Dr. India Pinker, a postdoctoral researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Health working on healthcare communication in oncology, brought a different but connected angle: the taboo isn't just about what patients won't say to doctors, it's about what medicine itself doesn't know how to teach. Pinker's PhD research at the University of St Andrews looked at clinical empathy: not the everyday kind, but a trainable, boundaried skill doctors need to protect both the patient and themselves. "Empathy is arguably one of our most natural sort of elements of conversation, elements of connection as human beings. However, it's highly controversial, believe it or not, in medicine itself." Her research has found that empathetic communication correlates with higher diagnostic accuracy, better patient adherence to treatment, and, counterintuitively, lower burnout among healthcare professionals themselves. She pointed to universities like St Andrews and Leicester that now build communication skills training in from year one, producing measurably more confident clinicians by graduation. Where AI fits and where it does not One of the more striking threads of the conversation: patients increasingly turning to AI chatbots as informal counsellors. Pinker flagged the risk plainly. "AI is usually, depending on how you program it, essentially made to please you... it's not going to push back at key moments where you need pushback from a trained professional." She noted that AI is fairly predictable: patients, and good clinical care, are not. Validation without push-back can feel good in the moment, but it isn't the same as care. The Common Thread Whether it's a pelvic floor exercise a doctor never prescribed, or a diagnosis delivered without space to ask a second question, both guests circled the same idea: powerlessness follows patients who aren't given information, and communication, spoken or physical, is the cheapest, least-used treatment in medicine. As Pinker put it: Connect with our guests: Sarah Elmquist — Instagram: @liewenshaus.wormeldange | Website: osteopathie-greif.com Dr. India Pinker, PhD — LinkedIn: india-pinker-phd | Luxembourg Institute of Health | EACH – International Association for Communication in Healthcare Listen to the full episode on RTL Play, RTL Today Radio, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  What the novel Hyperion tells us about AI doom Situational Awareness liquidates most of its public book after a sharp AI selloff Will Leo have a second act? Why has AI been selling off? Over 1000 BTC stored in Coldcard wallets were stolen due to bad entropy Where does self-custody go from here? What happened with Coldcard? Political winds are shifting against crypto as midterms loom Strategy continues to strengthen its balance sheet with MSTR common sales An ice cream shop in CA is hedging the weather with Kalshi Circle buy's IBM's blockchain patent portfolio Visions of Bitcoin turns 8 this week  Content mentioned this episode:  Nic and Hasu, Visions of Bitcoin

The music business has changed dramatically over the past decade, especially in the independent sector. We sit down with Flexpoint Ford's Managing Director, Mike Morris, to discuss why independent music has become such an attractive investment opportunity, how fragmentation creates value, and how investors weigh catalog ownership against infrastructure, services, and technology. We also explore what makes a music investment durable in an increasingly competitive market. CHAPTERS 02:26 Why Independent Music Is Winning 03:42 Infrastructure and Artist Catalogs 05:23 Diversified Portfolios 13:49 Music's Biggest Opportunity 17:47 Are Legacy Catalogs Overpriced? 23:34 AI and Music Investing 27:57 The Weeknd's Catalog Deal Get your tickets here - 9/15 in LA: Trapital Summit Tickets SPONSORS Chartmetric: Listen in for our Stat of the Week Symphonic: Distribute your music to one of the largest networks in the industry. Symphonic delivers your music to over 200 digital service providers ensuring that you're monetizing every stream and use of your music on Spotify, TikTok, YouTube, and more TRAPITAL Where technology shapes culture. New episodes and memos every week. Sign up here for free.

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Today, a look at the market returning to its past form as AI-related hardware stocks ripped higher even as the median stock on the S&P 500 posted a negative day. Also, a look at the many interesting earnings reports up next week, a rundown of the action in FX after massive USDJPY intervention and a Bank of Japan meeting and much more. Today's pod is hosted by Saxo Global Head of Macro Strategy John J. Hardy. John's The FX Trader piece from today.  About twice per week (in normal times, hopefully soon to resume), you will find links discussed on the podcast and a chart-of-the-day over at the John J. Hardy substack. Read daily in-depth market updates from the Saxo Market Call and the Saxo Strategy Team here. Please reach out to us at marketcall@saxobank.com for feedback and questions. Click here to open an account with Saxo. Intro music by AShamaluevMusic DISCLAIMER This content is marketing material. Trading financial instruments carries risks. Always ensure that you understand these risks before trading. This material does not contain investment advice or an encouragement to invest in a particular manner. Historic performance is not a guarantee of future results. The instrument(s) referenced in this content may be issued by a partner, from whom Saxo Bank A/S receives promotional fees, payment or retrocessions. While Saxo may receive compensation from these partnerships, all content is created with the aim of providing clients with valuable information and options.

July 31, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Function Health secures $450M non-dilutive financing from General Catalyst, using diagnostics as the entry point to build a continuous preventive health platform Spotify introduces Running Mode, an AI-powered experience creating personalized running playlists with coaching prompts as platforms compete on fitness engagement The FTC, joined by California and Utah, sues Hims & Hers over health data sharing and subscription practices, which the company denies and plans to fight More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Reach out → insider@fitt.co

Mark Zuckerberg argues that superintelligence should be widely available, while former White House cyber czar Richard Clarke warns AI may need safeguards more like a dangerous pathogen than a consumer product. Michael explores the growing debate over AI regulation, China's role in the global AI race, data centers, guardrails, and whether America is moving too fast—or not fast enough. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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This week on the Friday Deploy, Ben and Andrew debate the controversial rise of dark software factories, exploring whether centralizing agentic compute creates engineering nirvana or unmaintainable code rot. The hosts also discuss the importance of versioning your work to protect your original ideas from AI's tendency to average out creativity. Finally, they tackle the "orchestrator's tax," explaining why establishing cognitive locality matters far more than assigning cute personas to your sub-agents. Register: Leading engineering when AI writes the code - August 5th in LondonFollow the show:Subscribe to our Substack Follow us on LinkedInSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow the hosts:Follow AndrewFollow BenFollow DanFollow today's stories:Why Software Factories FailA guide to cloud software factories for engineering leadersYou just hired a million bad employees.An AI that only sees the latest version will never protect your original ideaThe Orchestrator's TaxOFFERSStart Free Trial: Get started with LinearB's AI productivity platform for free.Book a Demo: Learn how you can ship faster, improve DevEx, and lead with confidence in the AI era.LEARN ABOUT LINEARBAI Code Reviews: Automate reviews to catch bugs, security risks, and performance issues before they hit production.AI & Productivity Insights: Go beyond DORA with AI-powered recommendations and dashboards to measure and improve performance.AI-Powered Workflow Automations: Use AI-generated PR descriptions, smart routing, and other automations to reduce developer toil.MCP Server: Interact with your engineering data using natural language to build custom reports and get answers on the fly.

In this episode, I sit down with Taylor Black, who leads AI and venture ecosystem work in Microsoft's Office of the CTO and brings a deep “better-formed humans” conviction to the AI conversation. We draw a hard line between intelligence (statistical knowing) and insight—where a human knower makes the categorical leap to “this is true,” what Taylor calls grasping the “virtually unconditioned.” We talk about how LLMs can pattern experience to help us reach insight but can't replace judgment, and why venture building should be anthropology-first: every product ships an implicit view of the human person. We cover the risk of using AI as an oracle that shortcuts productive struggle (especially in education), the importance of humility and sustaining the tension of inquiry for product-market fit, and Taylor's “cold storage” idea—using AI as a context engine to shelve, monitor, and revive ventures when conditions change. We close on the key builder question: not what can we build, but what ought we build?02:08 Intelligence vs Insight02:58 Statistical Knowing05:02 Virtually Unconditioned09:02 Using AI Without Outsourcing Judgment11:39 Formation in Venture Building14:19 Anthropology First Product Design17:56 Hard Rules for Human Flourishing18:53 What Ought We Build21:20 Humility and Idea Flow Playbooks24:19 Probabilistic Products and Implicit Anthropology28:48 AI as Oracle in Education34:29 Cold Storage for Venture IdeasConnect with Taylor: • https://substack.com/@pourbrew• https://www.linkedin.com/in/blacktaylor/ • https://leonum.catholic.edu/• https://innovate.pourbrew.me/Connect with Raul: • Work with Raul: https://dogoodwork.io• Free Growth Resources: https://dogoodwork.io/resources• Connect with Raul on LinkedIn (DMs open): https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork/ 

The episode identifies a core structural shift in the managed services industry: the decoupling of service measurement from observable work due to the adoption of autonomous service desk technologies. This shift is driven by the introduction of automation platforms—such as Atera's Robin, Acronis AI Service Desk, and NinjaOne's endpoint automations—that eliminate or obscure traditional service tickets, shifting operational baselines and the metrics used for client billing and value demonstration. Evidence of this shift includes Atera guaranteeing that within 90 days, its Robin system will autonomously resolve half of Tier 1 and complex Tier 2 tickets, enforced via commercial contract terms. The company builds baselines by requiring six months of client ticket history before implementation. Supporting data from Channel EDE and AT&T show that automation can suppress visible ticket volume while inflating claims of efficiency and avoided incidents, independent of provider-side measurement. According to Dave Sobel, AT&T tracked autonomous incident handling since 2018, but most MSPs lack comparable historical data. Further developments reinforce this transition: NinjaOne integrates with ServiceNow to create incidents without human intervention, while Ingram Micro channel feedback observes partners aiming to increase business without staff growth. Broader labor market data and user sentiment surveys reveal that AI-backed automation does not show aggregate productivity gains (Stanford Economic Policy Institute) and is generally viewed with skepticism: Gallup and Apistevist data highlight declining confidence in corporate AI deployments and increased worker nostalgia for pre-automation workflows. The operational impact for MSPs centers on data ownership, measurement accountability, and renewal risk. As traditional records like tickets are eliminated or fragmented, providers who lack their own carefully preserved baselines may find themselves forced to rely on vendor-generated claims for demonstrating avoided work or cost savings. This creates exposure to contract risk, compromised pricing leverage, and governance complexity—especially if ticket-level detail, taxonomy, or supporting operational notes are lost in platform migrations or poorly configured retention policies. According to Dave Sobel, preparing by exporting comprehensive ticket histories, freezing operational taxonomies, and independently counting non-ticket sources of demand are now urgent requirements to maintain accountability and defensible value in future client negotiations. 00:00 The Ticket Is Disappearing  03:45 You Can't Invoice an Absence  07:20 The Client Already Stopped Believing 11:18 Why Do We Care?    Supported by: ScalePad

Program Note: Daniel misspoke about the Tycho and Kepler supernovae. They were not the last to be seen in the universe but the last two supernovae to be seen in the Milky Way galaxy.   A great deal of time, effort, and tax dollars have been spent to explore the heavens. But even after all the expenditures, secular astronomy and cosmology are still unable to say what it all means. Some have suggested the universe doesn't mean anything, that it just is. Others say we can make up our own meaning. But we here at Good Heavens! believe the universe exists for one main purpose, to declare the glory and the righteousness of God, to display His handiwork and remind us of His many invisible attributes (Psalm 19; 50.6; Romans 1.18ff; Colossians 1.16ff). Here on this episode we sit down with Christian and astrophysicist Dr. Jeff Zweerink and get his thoughts about how he sees the universe pointing him to the glory of God. Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink is a former senior research scholar at Reasons to Believe (RTB). He earned a BS in physics and a PhD in astrophysics from Iowa State University with a focus on gamma rays. He taught at and ran the planetarium at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, until postdoctoral research in gamma rays led him to the University of California, Riverside. Jeff spent years working on the STACEE and VERITAS gamma-ray telescopes and was involved in research projects such as the Solar Two project and the Whipple Collaboration. He continues to work as a project scientist at UCLA on GAPS, a balloon experiment seeking to detect dark matter. Zweerink is also a coauthor of more than 30 academic papers published in peer-reviewed journals such as Astrophysical Journal, Astroparticle Physics, and Astrobiology. While an undergrad at Iowa State University, he heard astrophysicist and RTB founder Hugh Ross speak on the constructive integration of science and the Christian faith. Ten years later, a professor encouraged Zweerink to enroll in RTB's volunteer apologists program. This involvement eventually led to a scholar position in 2005. Today, Zweerink writes and speaks on the compatibility of science and the Christian faith and on evidence for intentional design from multiverse theory and exoplanets, as well as artificial intelligence (AI). His speaking engagements take him to universities, conferences, churches, high schools, youth groups, and other venues around the world. His books include Is There Life Out There?, Who's Afraid of the Multiverse?, Escaping the Beginning?, and Building Bridges (coauthor). He has also made many media appearances on television, radio, and in print. Zweerink and his wife, Lisa, live in Southern California and have five children. Image credit (Helix Nebula): NASA/JPL-Caltech, Spitzer Space Telescope. Two-part episode with cosmologist Dr. Luke Barnes on C.S. Lewis' science fiction. Part 1:  https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jwalker55293/episodes/2026-06-28T22_00_00-07_00 Part 2: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jwalker55293/episodes/2026-07-05T22_00_00-07_00 Watchman Fellowship Resources on the Question of Aliens, UFOs, and UAPs: Free Four-Page Profile Articles UFOs and UAPs Raelians Heaven's Gate Disclosure Day The Urantia Book Podcast Episodes on UFOs, Aliens, and Extraterrestrials Aliens, Evolution, and Intelligent Design What is the Message of Spielberg's Disclosure Day? UFOS and Aliens Ufologist Gary Bates Part One Ufologist Gary Bates Part Two Ancient Aliens? No. Daniel's interview with Sasha Sagan, the daughter of the late planetary astronomer Carl Sagan Additional Resources FREE: We are also offering a subscription to our 4-page bimonthly Profiles here: www.watchman.org/Free PROFILE NOTEBOOK: Order the complete collection of Watchman Fellowship Profiles (around 700 pages -- from Astrology to Zen Buddhism) in either printed or PDF formats here: www.watchman.org/Notebook SUPPORT: Help us create more content like this. Make a tax-deductible donation here: www.watchman.org/Give Good Heavens! is a ministry of Watchman Fellowship For more information, visit www.watchman.org © 2026 Watchman Fellowship, Inc. Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms.  To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens.  This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.

Another action-packed week is in the books, and the markets certainly didn't disappoint. From wild swings in the Nasdaq to another impressive showing from the Magnificent 7, investors had plenty to digest as earnings, energy prices, and macroeconomic uncertainty continued to drive market sentiment. In this week's Trading Week Wrap Up!, we'll connect the dots behind the biggest stories and explain what they may mean for traders and investors heading into next week. We'll discuss: Nasdaq volatility – What's driving the recent swings, and are we seeing healthy profit-taking or the beginning of a larger correction? Magnificent 7 strength – Once again, the market's biggest technology companies are carrying the major indexes. Can they continue to lead, or is market leadership beginning to broaden? Oil uncertainty – Between geopolitical tensions, supply concerns, and shifting inflation expectations, crude oil remains one of the market's biggest wild cards. We'll discuss where prices may be headed and how they could impact the broader economy. My latest trades – I'll review the newest additions to my portfolio, explain the reasoning behind each trade, and discuss the technical setups I'm watching as we head into a new trading week. We'll also take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Markets continue to balance strong corporate earnings, AI-driven optimism, evolving Federal Reserve expectations, and geopolitical uncertainty. Understanding how these forces interact is critical for identifying the next high-probability trading opportunities. Because successful traders don't just follow the headlines... They understand what's driving them. Listen now:

The companies that define an era often appear irrational before they appear inevitable. In this episode of Technoventure, Peter High speaks with FPV Ventures Co-Founder & Managing Partner Wesley Chan about building products at Google, founding Google Ventures, investing against consensus, and recognizing founders with 100-year visions. Wesley explains how first-principles thinking helped him identify companies such as Canva and why the most important investment question may be, “What if it goes right?” They also explore: Why Google prioritized speed and relevance over keeping users on its site How Google Ventures aligned corporate capital with founder interests What Wesley saw in Canva after 111 investors said no Why specialized data can create more durable AI businesses How Bill Campbell taught leaders to protect their time and energy Why incentives frequently matter more than policies or intentions Listen for an operator-investor's perspective on product excellence, AI investing, organizational design, and building companies capable of outliving their founders.

This week, we discuss how normal people use AI, Alphabet's Anthropic-fueled earnings, and skills vs. agents. Plus, catching AI-cheating students with a hidden prompt. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 583 Runner-up Titles “Do you think they named them red delicious because they knew they were delicious?” I thought they were First World Steal your Alpha-tier Cory uses only 100% free-range, organic AI. Copy, paste, go. Stolen fruit from the poisoned tree all the way down. It's a different kind of cold. It's a dry cold. Rundown AI IRL How people use AI in 2026: TV, homework, the DMV Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI Amazon confirms it's closing key AI site in San Francisco but says work on its top models continues Google Cloud is killing it Skill vs. Agents Atlas: Wiz's autonomous AI Agent for vulnerability research Don't Build Agents, Build Skills Instead Relevant to your Interests Alphabet Quadruples Profit to $112 Billion, Fueled by A.I. Investments Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Embrace, Adding Real User Monitoring to Its Observability Platform IBM CEO Says Company Culture Was Too Slow to Change Domo Announces Agreement to Sell Substantially All Assets and Certain Liabilities to Progress Software for $400 Million Google Cloud is killing it ChatGPT chats are showing up in Google Search — how to find and delete yours [Update] 2026 State of infrastructure in the agentic AI era Stripe in Talks to Buy Buzzy AI-Model Marketplace OpenRouter Sponsors Signadot: making sure AI-written code actually works. Conferences AI Connect, Aug 22nd, 2026 - Riga, Latvia, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 25 Free Tickets DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006 DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting. VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026 Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Silo Season 3 Matt: Hyperion Coté: Cooking with Claude